Railroad-tie



(No Model.)

W. B. TEALL.

RAILROAD TIE. N0. 464,309. Patented' Dec. v1, v1891.

I UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM B. TEALL, oF MAsoN, MICHIGAN.

RAILROAD-TIE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 464,309, dated December1, 1891.

Application filed February 1l, 1891I Serial No. 381,096. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM B. TEALL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Mason, in the county of Ingham and State of Michigan, havein Vented certain new and useful Improvements in Railroad-Ties, of whichthe following is a specification, reference being had therein to theaccompanying drawings.

This invention relates to new and usefulimprovements in metallic tiesfor railways; and the invention consists in the peculiar construction ofthe tie and in the peculiar means of securing the rail to the tie, and,further, in the construction, arrangement, and combination of theVarious parts, all as more fully hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a detached perspective View ofmy improved tie. Fig. 2 is a similar View illustrating the manner ofsecuring the clip-plate in position.

Fig. 3 is a plan view showing a blank from which my tie may be made.

I construct my tie of two pieces of angleiron A B, abutting .the twovertical portions thereof and securing them together in any suitablemanner, such as by bolts C, forming a tie of T-shaped cross-section, thevertical portion or stem of which is adapted to lenter the road-bed,while the flange or head rests upon the top and forms a fiat bearing forthe rail.

At one end of each section of my tie Iform a depending vertical plate orwing D, eXtend-. ing some distance into the road-bed to prevent endmovement of the tie.

In the manufacture of my tie, to utilize all the material I preferablyout it from a block, as shown in Fig. 3, making a zigzag centralcross-cut, as shown ato, then forming each blank into an angle-plate bybending it along the longitudinal line b, and then bending down the endextension c. Thus I canform my tie with the least waste of material.

surface I place a rail-plate E, which I pivotally secure to the tie by abolt F, near the middle of the plate. G are oppositely-extending clipsupon the plate, preferably formed by striking up a portion of the metal,as plainly shown in the drawings. The rail being laid in posit ion uponthe track, by turning the rail-plate upon its pivot the clips will bemade to embrace the footof the rail upon opposite sides, firmly holdingit in position, when the plate may be secured in its adjusted positionby means of bolts passing through the plate and the iop of the tie, asplainly shown in Fig. l. It is evident that the plate may be turned toits looked position without the use ofthe pivotal bolt, which, however,is preferable.

NVhat I claim as my invention isl l. A railway-tie composed -of twoangleplates secured together to form a T shape in cross-sectionand'vertically-depending plates at one end only of each of said plates,substantially as described. v

2. The combination, with a railway-tie of the kind described, of a plate'having oppositely-arranged clips centrally' pivoted to the end of thetie and adapted to be turned-to embrace the foot of the rail on oppositesides, d

and of securing-bolts for said plate, substantially as described.

3. A metallic tie composed of two like angle-plates secured together toform a T shape in cross-seotion and depending plates at opposite endsonly of the respective portions of said tie formed by an integral iiangebent' down from the angle-plates, substantially as described. v

III testimony whereof I affix mysignature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM B. TEALL. Witnesses: Y

D. F. MOREY, A. B. HAYNIIS.

